Running

Hi all

I just completed my first proper running session. It didn't go without mishap but thankfully they were all technology related!

Let talk about them first.

I tried out my HRM today thinking I knew it all :) I didn't at least I think I now know why to do next time. You see on the FT7 you can lock in the watch to a zone you want to stay in. I want to sty in the fat burning zone so when the watch told me I was in it (about 125bpm) I locked it in. However it seems that when you lock the zone it takes the current heart rate as a sort of max for the zone (I think) therefore when I next looked my heart rate I was in the fitness zone as my heart rate was around 145bpm. I just left it and carried on but it did interrupt my run a little. Also I restarted the timer at the start of my run after the warmup. I now realise I should have just left the timer going.

Ok the other thing I tried out was Endmondo. This is an app for tracking exercise. I have used Strava and Mapmyride in the past so wanted to give this a go. Strava is, in my opinion for those that can already run and want to challenge others or test themselves. It's like a virtual race if you like with no set start time or route. Endmondo seems to do a lot but I will definitely be having a closer inspection later. There wasn't really an issue with Endmondo, just that maybe I need to start it at the beginning of my run rather than include the warmup/down too.

Ok now the good part!

So I woke up incredibly at 7am. I had a crap time getting off to sleep last night having dozed off for an hour during the day. It was well past 2am anyway. So blurry eyed I decided to just go out! I donned my short and shirt from yesterday and then remembered the HRM! Shoes on, fresh bottle of water, keys, phone, out the door!

I made sure I got myself warmed up properly and walked to the field and around it for 10 mins I was already in the fat burning zone so that was good. I then did things wrong with technology as described above, basically getting things around the wrong way.

Ok so I just kept going! Like the frickin' Energiser Bunny! Well for me anyway at my geriatric pace, which funnily enough is about the pace of said bunny. However before I knew it I had done 10 minutes (my secret target for the future) already! Endmondo announced to I'd just done a mile in 19 minutes which would have included the warmup walk of 10 mins. Now you can see why I should do the technology in a different order. I carried on for a walk to war down again and it's nice to see the old ticker (heart) slow down. I walked around the field for a bit and then home bringing me to a nice odd 30 minutes exercise for the day. The HRM told me I'd reached 150bpm max and burnt 230 calories, well 229 but I ain't going split hairs!

So in conclusion I'm feeling pretty bloody happy with myself! Next time I will be more organised with the technology and give science another thumbs up!